Year 5

Miss Cooke

Welcome to Year 5!

Welcome back! We are looking forward to a busy lead up to Easter.

PE Sessions will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school at the start of each half term.

Spellings will be given out on Monday and will be tested the following Monday.

Reading Please try to read for at least 10 minutes daily with your child.

Please come back to our class page regularly for updates about your child’s learning and if you need to contact me, please press the button on the right and start your message FAO Miss Cooke. Alternatively, contact the office and leave a message. I will get back to you as quickly as I can.

What are we learning?

In English…

In English, we will be reading, ‘I survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 190’ by Lauren Tarshis. We will be writing a scene of narrative.

In Maths…

In Maths, pupils will look at decimals. The children will learn to read and write decimal numbers; compare decimal numbers to find out which is greater, and which are smaller; add and subtract decimals before turning decimals into fractions and round decimals to the nearest whole number and decimal position.

Also, children will study percentages. They will compare quantities and expose percentage as an amount out of 100.

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In Science…

Our unit is Science ‘Forces and Magnets’. Children will consolidate and extend their knowledge of forces by naming individual forces (e.g. gravity, friction, upthrust). They will extend their knowledge of frictional forces (air resistance and water resistance) and plan fair test investigations to discover which shoe has the greatest friction and which shapes o­ffer the most water resistance. They will learn how forces can be helpful and unhelpful in various scenarios and identify the forces involved in each scenario. They will learn what a mechanism is and how pulleys, levers and gears are used to allow a smaller force to have a greater e­ffect.


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In RE…

In RE our unit is ‘Why do Christians believe that Easter is a celebration of Victory?’ We will explore the Easter story from the perspective of it being the story of Christ’s triumph and victory over death.

In Topic…

In topic, our primary focus is Geography. We will explore ‘Which are more dangerous: earthquakes or volcanoes?’

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